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UN agencies rush to aid Afghanistan following deadly quake

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Damage is seen in the Spera district, in Khost province after a devastating...

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Eliminate nuclear weapons before they eliminate us: UN chief

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The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building, after the dropping of the atomic bomb, in Hiroshima, Japan. This site was...

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Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears

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Alina and Artem, who are both aged nine and from the northeastern city of Kharkiv...

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Kazakhstan: ‘Only together’ can ‘silent pandemic’ of gender-based violence be overcome, says Deputy UN chief

The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed was in Kazakhstan on Thursday, where she spoke out against the “silent pandemic” of gender-based violence worldwide, saying that only collective action could end the scourge.

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